Carbon Capture Business and Regulatory Graduate

The Ørsted Global Graduate Programme is designed to unleash your potential. We offer you an intense two-year developmental journey where you’ll learn from experts within your field and get diverse project experience, develop transferable skills, and build a strong cross-functional network with other talents.

The graduate journey
Our Global Graduate Programme consists of three rotations, where you’ll solve business challenges, take responsibility for your own assignments, and engage in our day-to-day business decisions.

You’ll work on carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects and play an important role in maturing the voluntary carbon market into an international business and in Ørsted meeting climate impact mitigations at EU, national, and Group level. You’ll work across three passionate and skilled teams and gain hands-on experience on what it takes to build a new business area; from business development and external partner negotiations to policy and framework development at EU and national state levels. Your rotations will be in the following areas: 1. Carbon capture & storage project development, i.e. securing offtake agreements for projects. 2. Regulatory development to enable new business development, i.e. national and EU policy work, influencing voluntary guidance and rules. 3. Developing certification schemes for our nature-based carbon projects in Gambia and Indonesia, and ensuring alignment with Ørsted’s Science Based Target Initiative commitments.

You’ll play an important role in:

• supporting the preparation and negotiation of commercial agreements
• participating in carbon capture business development and business case development on concrete projects
• gaining unique business, market and regulatory understanding through conducting market analyses, communicating key findings, and developing next steps
• analysing government policies and regulations while working with the business and the Carbon Capture project team to develop our positions on the voluntary carbon market
• supporting our engagement with key external stakeholders and partners, incl. business collaboration prospects and partners, government officials, ministers, and think tanks.

To succeed in this role, you:

• have completed your master's degree in economics, political science, civil engineering, or a related field before 1 September 2025
• have a maximum of one year of full-time, relevant work experience between your master's completion and 1 September 2025
• have a strong analytical and structured approach that enables you to handle a range of complex tasks, a high learning agility, and a collaborative mindset with an eagerness to explore
• are keen to challenge and develop your talent by working with tasks from different angles

• are dynamic and have a strong sense of drive and can communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing
• have strong communication skills and are fluent in both spoken and written English.

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

Join a global leader in renewable energy
Ørsted is a growing green energy major and global leader in climate action. With us you’ll play a part in driving change towards a green energy future. You’ll grow your talent in a fast-paced and high-growth industry where you have plenty of opportunities to learn and develop through challenging assignments and industry-leading experts. Here you can perform in a friendly work environment based on trust, respect, and collaboration.

The best first step you’ll ever take
Send your application, CV, and most recent grade transcripts as soon as possible and no later than 5 January 2025. We’ll conduct interviews shortly after the application deadline.

Please don’t hesitate to write to [email protected] if you have any questions. If you need to request any adjustments to working practices, working patterns, or the assessment or interview process we're happy to discuss alternative arrangements.

Step closer to a career as a graduate in Ørsted
In Ørsted, we help accelerate your talent into an international career within your professional field. See our Global Graduate Programme overview, read more about the recruitment process, and find out how you can help us turn visions into reality.

Please note you may expect limited travelling activities (less than 15 %), between Ørsted office locations in Denmark and travelling for conferences and stakeholder meetings internationally.

About the job
Application deadline:
5 January 2025

Location:
Gentofte, DK

Field of work:
Strategy and business development

Employment type:
Graduate

Work hours:
Full-time

Workplace:
Hybrid (office and home-working)

Imagine a future with Ørsted

About Ørsted
- We develop, construct, and operate offshore and onshore wind farms, solar energy farms, storage facilities, and bioenergy plants in Europe, Asia, and North America.

- Our vision is to create a world that runs entirely on green energy.

- We’ve been ranked as one of the world’s most sustainable energy companies for the past six years.

- We’re headquartered in Denmark.

- We have over 8,600 employees, working in 15 countries and growing.

An inclusive team
Ørsted wants all employees to have the same opportunities for impact and growth, regardless of age, nationality, disability, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or beliefs. We’re committed to secure an inclusive work environment characterised by a respect for all people so everyone feels free to openly share their input and ideas.